Forms for official use
Article 4
1. Competent authorities shall use the form for official use as in the template set out in Part 1 of Annex II to this Regulation to record and transmit the information referred to in Article 10(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672. 2. Where the obligation to declare accompanied cash under Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 or the obligation to disclose unaccompanied cash under Article 4 of that Regulation has not been fulfilled and competent authorities are required, pursuant to Article 5(3) of that Regulation, to compose an ex officio declaration, they shall use the template set out in Part 1 or Part 2 of Annex I to this Regulation and, if needed in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, the template set out in Part 3 or Part 4 of that Annex, respectively. A declaration composed pursuant to this paragraph shall be attached to and transmitted with the form for official use referred to in paragraph 1. 3. Where the competent authorities detect a carrier with an amount of cash below the threshold referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 and there are indications that the cash is related to criminal activity, the competent authorities shall use the template set out in Part 1 of Annex I to this Regulation and, if needed in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, the template set out in Part 3 of that Annex to record this information. The recording of information pursuant to this paragraph shall be attached to and transmitted with the form for official use referred to in paragraph 1. 4. Where the competent authorities find that unaccompanied cash below the threshold referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 is entering or leaving the Union and that there are indications that the cash is related to criminal activity, the competent authorities shall use the template set out in Part 2 of Annex I to this Regulation and, if needed in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, the template set out in Part 4 of that Annex to record this information. The recording of information, pursuant to this paragraph shall be attached to and transmitted with the form for official use referred to in paragraph 1. 5. Where the competent authorities find that for a declaration obtained under Article 3 or 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 there are indications that the cash is related to criminal activity, the competent authorities shall attach the declaration to and transmit it with the form for official use referred to in paragraph 1. 6. Competent authorities shall use the form for official use for the transmission of anonymised risk information and risk analysis results, as in the template set out in Part 2 of Annex II to this Regulation to record the anonymised risk information and risk analysis results referred to in Article 10(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672.